Thanksgiving
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Ask Umbra on Black Friday, giving thanks, and buying nothing
Don't get caught in the herd headed for Black Friday's 'Savings Stampede!' Join Umbra in celebrating Buy Nothing Day, or "Giving Thanks Day."
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What food pros are looking forward to this Thanksgiving
We set aside our knee-jerk curmudgeonliness and asked other food professionals how they make Thanksgiving interesting for themselves. Because, while this holiday for us has always been more about the company than the meal, we knew these folks would serve up something inspiring.
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A mostly vegetarian school gets bloody over turkeys
When the peace-loving Arthur Morgan School community in North Carolina decided to raise and kill our own turkeys, we found ourselves in the throes of an ethical debate about eating meat.
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DIY turkey: From farm to family dinner table [VIDEO]
I wanted the full Thanksgiving experience: turkey hunting, visiting farms, bringing a bird home to my backyard -- and killing it and serving it to the family.
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Ask Umbra on DIY stain removal and spray starch for the holidays
Ask Umbra shares green tips on how to get your tablecloths crisp and how to get them clean after the holiday revelry is done.
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A turkey virgin gobbles for help!
Normally a vegetarian for environmental reasons, I've ordered an organic, heritage breed turkey from a local farm. But what do I do with it now?
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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 23 & 24: Some unsavory choices
Local, seasonal CSA produce is autumnal cornucopia. It's time for the Urbivore to get roasting -- but what happens when she can't take a turnip and finds her sense of wonder wounded by a worm?
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Have a renegade Thanksgiving with sage-roasted chicken and pumpkin risotto
Calling all adventurous, rebellious cooks: Are you bored with Thanksgiving menus that are the same from year to year, and coast to coast? If you're brave enough to defy tradition and turn your local, seasonal ingredients into something for the tastebuds to be truly thankful for, we want to know. To inspire you, here are some renegade Thanksgiving thoughts and a nontraditional recipe.
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Martha Stewart blisters meat industry in Thanksgiving show
Martha Stewart is easy to caricature. But the sister values good ingredients–and has realized that industrial agriculture churns out flavorless crap. That has caused her to ask second-order questions about the food system–and use her immense popular appeal to shed light on the horrors of factory meat farming. She has devoted her latest episode to […]